I have recently obtained a copy of the original Swing book. What are the major differences between the original book and the new 2nd edition of Swing. Under what conditions must I throw the original edition over the wall? Thanks, Barry.
Hi Barry, The new edition would be usefull to you if you want info & examples on the following: - New keyboard and focus architecture - New scrollable tabbed pane functionality - New JSpinner component - New JFormattedTextField component - Using Formats and InputVerifiers to validate text field input - step-by-step examples for creating a Swing-based HTML editor - step-by-step examples for creating a Swing-based XML editor - Drag and Drop examples - General updates and notes regarding changes and additions that have occurred from Java1.2 to 1.3 and 1.4 If none of the above is super-important to you then the first edition should be fine (although you'll probably want to download the second edition examples). Regards, -Matt
Matthew Robinson
co-author of Swing Second Edition (2003, Manning Publications).
Yes, I had forgotten about the e-book option. Probably the best bet for those with the first edition.. unless you can manage to win one of the 2nd edition giveaways (sorry I can't influence this
Matthew Robinson
co-author of Swing Second Edition (2003, Manning Publications).